The racemic methyl complexes (
5-C
5Me
5)Re(NO)(PR
3)(CH
3) (R:
b, 4-C
6H
4CH
3;
c, 4-C
6H
4-
t-C
4H
9;
d, 4-C
6H
4C
6H
5;
e, c-C
6H
11), which feature phosphines that are more electron richand/or bulkier than P(C
6H
5)
3, are elaborated by reactions with HBF
4·OEt
2/chlorobenzene,HC
CH or HC
CC
CSiMe
3, and
t-BuOK to give the alkynyl complexes (
5-C
5Me
5)Re(NO)(PR
3)(C
CH) (
3b,
c) and (
5-C
5Me
5)Re(NO)(PR
3)(C
CC
CSiMe
3) (
7b-
e). The latter areconverted (K
2CO
3/MeOH or wet
n-Bu
4N
+F
-) to butadiynyl complexes (
8b-
e). Homo- or cross-couplings (
3b,
8b-
e; Cu(OAc)
2/pyridine) lead to the
-butadiynediyl complex (
5-C
5Me
5)Re(NO)(PR
3)(C
C)
n(R
3P)(ON)Re(
5-C
5Me
5) (
4b;
n = 2) and analogous
-hexatriynediyl (
10b;
n = 3) and
-octatetraynediyl (
9b-
e;
n = 4) species. Oxidation of
4b by AgSbF
6 (ca. 1:1 or1:2) gives the radical cation
4b+SbF
6- or the dication
4b2+(SbF
6-)
2. These isolable compoundsexhibit delocalized mixed-valence and cumulenic electronic ground states, respectively. Thecyclic voltammograms of
9b-
e and
10b show oxidations to analogous species, with muchbetter chemical reversibilities than for the P(C
6H
5)
3 analogues. However, these longer chainsystems decompose rapidly at -78
C and could not be isolated or spectroscopicallycharacterized.